"You think I'm going to say yes?" Vala glared at her son, who was standing straight in front of her, her face full of incredulity, "when did you first come up with this ridiculous idea?"

"From the time the ice dragon landed in Kriesburg," said Ed, "perhaps earlier, when those paladins had put my friend in a prison under the Temple. ”

He stood straight with his hands behind his back. When needed, he can also put away all the laughter, serious and serious.

He had never taken it so seriously in his life.

"I know he was your friend, Ed, but it's a dragon! you've seen its power with your own eyes, and it can easily turn Chrissus into a pile of ruins!"

"But he didn't hurt me, he still knew me, I could see it in his eyes!" Ed argued, "no matter what he became......"

"It's not 'transformed' like that, that's what it really is, Ed, my child, nothing can 'transform' into a dragon!" Vala leaned back in frustration, letting the back of her chair support her weight.

"But he has lived like a human for more than ten years, and never knew that he was a dragon! even he himself could not erase the soul that had existed for more than ten years—"

"So what do you want to do, tell a dragon, 'Because I like you more human, why don't you become a human and go home with me?'" That innocence made Vala cry and laugh.

"No, I just want him to know that he's not just a dragon to a lot of people," Ed wanted to hang his head to look at his toes like he did when he was a child, but he insisted, looking his mother in the eye.

"I want to tell him that even if he is a dragon, he is still my friend. I don't care if he is identified as the embodiment of evil, he saved my life. He never intended to hurt anyone, he should not have been forced to leave his home, wandering alone, feared, chased and hurt, thinking that he had been deceived and betrayed by everyone...... If no one finds him and tells him this, one day there will be nothing left in his heart but hatred and anger, and he will really, completely become an evil creature, and then one day, he will die at the hands of the people, who will be called the heroes of the dragon slayer and revered all over the continent. No one cares that the dragon once had a human heart, a father and sister who loved him, and friends...... There was also an older brother who protected him and kept him away from all harm. Ed remembered what he had seen in his dream, memories of the castle, the boy who had jumped his brother's back, his eyes full of trust.

He never met Scott...... He wasn't sure what the missing paladin would have done if he had known that he had raised a dragon, and to be honest, he didn't have any crush on "paladin" right now, but he wanted to make it easier for his mother to impress his mother by mentioning Scott.

Vala was silent, remembering the boy she had only met a few times, her light blue eyes as pure and transparent as jewels. She should have recognized who he was, he had eyes so similar to Scott's.

"The night you were born," she said slowly after a long silence, "Scott was wounded and had just been sent back to the castle by his friends. I...... Maybe a little scared, I was born prematurely. But Scott, he's got the people in the castle ready for anything. I gave birth to you without incident, and the next morning, when the nurse came in with you in her arms, she had two children in her arms. ”

She sighed and held out her hands to her son: "Everyone is saying it's Scott's illegitimate son, but I don't care, he's as cute as you are." For days you slept in a small bed, because Scott apparently didn't anticipate his 'illegitimate child'. Sometimes you cry together, sometimes you just lie there and hum at each other, like you're saying something that adults don't understand. ”

Ed bent down and buried his head in Vala's shoulder, a little surprised, and a little puzzled why she had suddenly said this.

"I guess that's what you often say, 'fate matters.'" Vala whispered, "Maybe it's meant to be so." ”

Ed looked up, looking a little incredulous.

"You promised?" he asked tentatively, the joy in his dark blue eyes flickering like sparks.

"I guess even if I don't say yes, you'll leave a letter and sneak away, won't you?" Vala put her forehead against her son's, "You'll leave me at least one letter, won't you?"

She knew her son—too well, she knew it was the only way.

At least she could control something.

"Of course I will!" Ed muttered with a red face, "Honestly, I've written several of them...... But I still think it's better to tell you directly. ”

"Yes, it's better that way...... When are you going to go?"

"Oh, we'll have to wait for Nalya to decide when to tell her father, or when she decides when to say goodbye. Then, my friends in Stonebuch, the elf Norvi I told you, and Tess, will come north as soon as they are done, and we plan to meet in Visa, and leave next spring. "You see, I'm not going to rush north, I'm ready to ask for good news, and I have very reliable and experienced friends." We'll find Is, and we'll come back smoothly. He assured his mother.

"I hope so. Vala sighed, "I hope so......".

Ed welcomed Naria on a snowy night, the second snow since the beginning of winter.

When informed of Naria's arrival, the young man who was slumped in front of the fireplace in his room jumped to his feet and strode down the stairs.

"Naria!" he yelled at the girl who was trying to get the snow out of her curls, "you told him?"

"Well, I had a falling out with him. Naria's nonchalant tone couldn't hide the frustration in her eyebrows, "Anyway, if I want to leave, he won't be able to catch up with me." ”

Ed scratched his forehead, he had expected Narya to convince Eren as well as he had persuaded Vala.

"He can't catch up, but he doesn't even have to think about it to know where you're going. "He really didn't really want to face an angry father again.

"Coward!" Naria sucked at him.

"Wait, I have an idea!" Ed pretended not to hear, "someone might be able to convince him!"

So, the next day, when Alan Carver came to Criesburg in search of his runaway daughter, he was greeted by Walla Singh.

The hostess of the castle was dressed in a plain long dress, and there was something else in her usual slightly reserved smile, and her straight words immediately confirmed Alan's bad premonitions.

"Welcome, Alan Carvo, I think we should talk. ”

Naria locked herself in her room and refused to come out, so Ed had to sneak out of the study door by herself and eavesdrop. It was a long conversation, the cold wind that passed through the corridor choked him enough, and in fact, the newly repaired study was so well insulated that he could hardly hear anything.

He tried to escape when the door suddenly opened, but he was still a step too slow.

"Ed Singal. Alan's face was as dark as the sky before a blizzard, "I need to meet your friends." ”

Ed was stunned for a moment before he realized what this sentence meant.

"So you promised!" he jumped up and cheered, almost wanting to rush over and give Vala the warmest hug as she walked out the door after Allen.

"Not yet!" the father, who had been defeated by the other mother, growled in frustration, "if it were just the two of you, never expect me to let her out." ”

"Oh yes! No problem! Norway and Tess will be in Visa soon, I've already heard from them! You'll be satisfied, Alan, Norway is almost four hundred years old!"

"As an elf, that's still tender. Eren still had a gloomy face, but he had heard the elf's name, his independence had made him more famous than he realized, and if the legend was true, he was also quite a formidable elven warrior.

A four-hundred-year-old elf and three humans in their twenties - this is still not a reassuring team.

"I need to meet your friends. "Well, I'll see if I can find Kelle Brian." If the team still doesn't satisfy me, tell Naria that even if I break a leg, there are hundreds of ways for her to go anywhere. He gave the young man a warning look.

"Of course!sure!!!!

"Also, if she really wants to cross half the continent to find Is, tell her that her swordsmanship is still far behind. Alan snorted coldly, leaned on his crutches and turned away.

Ed touched his forehead, and he felt like he was sweating.

After respectfully seeing Alan off with a distance of three steps back, he couldn't help but rush to his mother's room.

"How did you do that!" he asked aloud. Although it was his idea, he was really not sure that he would succeed before.

Vala looked at her son, who seemed to never grow up, with a look of amusement and patience, and once again doubted whether her decision was the right one: "He is a father, I am a mother, and I know what worries him the most, and I know what moves him the most...... After all, he also thinks of Isis as his son, and he wants to find that child as much as you do. ”

-- That's not all, of course, but that's all her son needs to know.

"You're the best!" said Ed, earnestly, leaving a resounding kiss on his mother's cheek, and turned around and rushed out like the wind to tell Narya the good news.

Vala was stunned for a moment, sighed and shook her head, and once again lowered her gaze to the book in her hand.

She didn't read a word.

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